Forensic issues in intellectual disability

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 449-453

  Søndenaa, Erik ^a,b   Rasmussen, Kirsten ^a   Nøttestad, Jim Aage ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Intellectual disabilities and criminal justice; Offenders; Sexual crime; Violence

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL CRIME; VIOLENCE; ADDICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIMINAL LAW; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; SOCIAL CONTROL; STATISTICS; VICTIM;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINAL LAW; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 52449120401     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328305e5e9     Document Type: Review

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